Woman on ‘meth rampage’ emerges from under bed at U-District condo

Police arrested a 27-year-old woman Wednesday night after a U-District couple returned home to their condo to find their home ransacked – and curiously so.

At the home near Northeast 42nd Street and 11th Avenue Northeast, the couple found their mail torn open, clothing strewn about, lotion smeared on a door handle, the inner soles removed from all their shoes and a single screw embedded in a piece of scrap wood, which was jammed between a door and its frame, according to Seattle police reports.

The only thing taken was $50 cash and a purse containing a 27-year-old woman’s identification was left on top of the couple’s bed, reports say.

Responding officers looked for evidence of forced entry, but couldn’t find any such signs. They surmised the only way into the couple’s home was to shimmy up a tree and enter through a window, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Officers dusted for fingerprints, but couldn’t find anything. Puzzled, they eventually left the home to report the incident.

The couple called police shortly thereafter to report hearing noises coming from under their bed, police say.

Officers arrived to find a 27-year-old woman come out of the couple’s bedroom.

The woman appeared to be having a panic attack and she told police she’d been on a “meth rampage” for several days and had broken into another home nearby earlier that day.

Officers called medics to treat her and then booked her into King County Jail for investigation of burglary.